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The Physiology of Marriage, Complete

By Honoré de Balzac

2019-11-22 21:58:42

1932. It was with the publication of this volume that Balzac's literary career really began. It examines the physical and moral aspects of marriage, its pleasures and despairs, are the subject of this piquant guide for brides and grooms, prospective ... Read more
1932. It was with the publication of this volume that Balzac's literary career really began. It examines the physical and moral aspects of marriage, its pleasures and despairs, are the subject of this piquant guide for brides and grooms, prospective and veteran. Balzac proposes that marriage and the selection of a wife be treated as a science, and examines topics ranging from moral education to methods for foiling adulterous relationships. Though addressed to a male audience, the book's lively attack on the stale institution of marriage also made it popular with women readers of its day. Less

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File size292.725 KB
Print pages366
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1357956219
Honoré de Balzac was a nineteenth-century French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a pan...

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